[TowerTalk] Inverted L SWR High

[Tom K Osborne]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:10:10 EDT W4nf@aol.com writes:
> 
The problem is that I can't seem to get the SWR below 
> 2:1.  It  does have a nice dip at 1.830 but as I said it just won't go
below a 
> 2:1

Hi Jack

A 2:1 swr isn't that bad of a thing.  You have to consider the impedance
of the coax is around 50 ohms and the base impedance should be about 32
ohms so unless you have a lot of losses around the base of your antenna,
you wouldn't see a 1:1.. In fact if you did see a 1:1, you should be
worried.  The best swr I get on my 160 inverted L is about 1:8 to one and
it works fine.  It is about 2:1 at 1800 and goes back to 2:1 about 1875. 
I wouldn't worry too much about it.  73
Tom W7WHY
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